Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 8 January 1898 — Page 7

ESTABLISHED 1841.

HOLIDAY

In Case of Fire Ring The Towel

tOc

25c 50c

fNo. 207

'.st Market Street.

In endless variety in Gold, Sil\'er and Art Metalware. It will pay you to inspect our stock as it will make your selection easy. We are offering some special inducements. See our $to Gold Filled Watches l'or Ladies. Our $3 solid sterling silver tea spoons. Our. 15c solid sterling sdver thimble.

Remember we engrave all goods sold free of charge.

OTTO, THE JEWELER,

111 South Washington Street

MEDICINAL WHISKY

Doctors prescribe it in many cases and insist on their patients getting the best. You can always get it at

DRURY'S PLACE.

Where they sell nothing but the finest whiskeys made. A sample will convince you of this. No. 109 north Washington street.

JOHN DRURY. WILL DRURY.

Before going to the fire stop and get a glass of good Cold Beer at

BATES HOUSE CLOTHING PARLORS

60 West Washington St., Indianapolis, Ind.

CATHARTIC

CURE CONSTIPATION

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

When you come to town and feel like "taking something," with a bite to eat thrown in, don't forget

—"The New Idea."

No. 126 North Green Street.

$8.00 buys choice of 597 suits, consisting of Scotch plaids, clay diagonals, fancy cassimeres, etc. Every suit carefully tailored and elegantly trimmed.

$10 buys choice of 357 Paddock Overcoats, made of fine all-wool Kersey cloth, raw edges, lapped seams, satin sleeve linings, Farmer satin body linings. These coats are an exceptional bargains.

$12.50 buys choice of 479 extra fine suits, in plaid worsteds, silk mixtures, Scotch plaids, etc., many of them silk and satin lined, all French faced and finely tailored.

$15 buys choice of 569 extra fine unfinish«Vorsted Overcoats, box styles, welt seams, French facings, fancy wool body linings, Skinner satin yokes and sleeve linings. See them in our west window.

CANDY

!"THB LODGB."

A VETERAN'S

CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY. JANUARY 8. 1898.

RECOLLECTIONS OF A TERRIBLE

STEAHBOAT EXPLOSION DUR­

ING THE WAR, IN WHIGH

ABOUT SEVENTY-FIVE PERSONS

WERE KILLED,

A Number of Montgomery County

Soldiers Among the Slain.

Most of the steamboat explosions or destruction of them by fire have nearly always been attended with great loss of life, much more so than by derailing of passenger trains on railway lines. This results probably from the fewer chances of escape on water than on land, but viewed from any point both are harrowing enough in details.

The 10th Indiana battery, large numbers of which were from this county, at one time during the late war passed through one of these steamboat explosions,the scenes of which were terrifying and sickening enough to suit the most exacting. Johneonville, Tenn., on the river of that name, was the scene of this harrowing remembrance, and Jan. 27,'65, the time of its occurrence.

A fleet of boats was anchored at the shore at Johnponville, among them the "Eclipse." Over 100 members of the battery, thirty or more of whom were from this county, were passengers on the boat bound down the river for Paducah, Ky. The battery was under command of Captain George Brown, a resident of Crawfordsville at tiiie time, and among the survivors was George Myers, at present Superintendent of the county poor farm, and to whom we are indebted for this account. The day was intensely cold the soldiers aboard numbered probably 150. They were in bunke, scattered from stem to stern of the boat, and most of them asleep. It waa the hour of 6 a. m. Two or three boats had already drawn in their planks and were pulling for the middle of the stream, when suddenly a loud prolonged noise was heard from the "Eclipse," and the boat was dicovered torn fore and aft. The yells of drowning men, the shrieks of those scalded, the moans of the wounded and dying, the blaze and smoke accompanying the explosion, left an impression, a horrid picture, on the minde of those uninjured that time could not efface. Through the intense force of the explosion one man was thrown upwards over fifty feet and fell dead in the water, another was thrown fully two hundred feot and dropped between the smoke stacks of an adjoining boat, dead, still another was carried a long distance and lodged tightly between the boards of the roof of a boat. Large numbers were scalded by escaping steam and hot water, and great chunks of flesh dropped from them. The boat resembled a floating slaughter house, and nothing of any battle field presented a more awe inspiring scene than did the destruction of the "Eclipse" with its great numbers of dead and dying The moanings and imprecations of the injured grated horribly on the ears of those present. Among the killed from this county, members of the battery, were Samuel Dwiggins, John R. Fryer, William Warbritton, James Julian, Thomas Sparks, an uncle of county clerk Wallace Sparks, George Grimes, of Alamo, and a number of others whose names cannot now be recalled. The bodies of some of these men could not be recovered, they having evidently floated away or sunk in water where they could not be found, although diligent search was made for them. The cause of the terrible affair on investigation, it was ascertained, resulted through the carlessness of the engineer in failing to replenish the boilers with water in time.

He was shrewd enough, however, to discover it and what waa likely would and did. result from it, in time to save his own life, and a second or two before it happened jumped aboard of another vessel, disappeared from it soon after arc! was never 8 en again, knowing full well, as he must, ihat his life would have been forfeited through the strong indignation and intonse feeling against hi in in causing the terrible disaster. Amid the many scenes of carnage, destruction and death through wnich the 9th Indiana battery passed, and there were many, as it was in mauy trying engagements during the war, none appeared more hideous nor appalling than the explosion and burning of the "Eclipse" on the cold winter morning of 1865. Of the 150 aboard at the time, fully one half were drowned or scalded to death.

Out For Mayor.

Lewis McMains has thus early announced himself as a candidate for Mayor on the republican ticket. There are already several other candidates from the party desiring the job,including McCampbell.Carr, Stillwell and others.

THE FIRST CABIN

IN CRAWFORDSVILLE, BUILT IN

1822, WAS OCCUPIED BY JACOB

W. MILLER IN BOYHOOD DAYS

—STILL ALIVE AT FOUR SCORE

YEARS, AND TELLS MANY IN­

TERESTING INCIDENTS OF THE

EARLY TIMES IN THIS PLACE.

The Very Earliest Settler.

In a modest one story frame cottage on Chestnut street, in the south part of the city, with his aged partner, resides Jacob W. Miller. The snows of eighty winters have come and gone since he first saw the light of day. Mr. Miller rejoices in the clear title of being the oldest resident of Crawfordsville, and antedates all others in the number of years of continuous residence in this place. His father and mother with four children, he being one of them, together with some ten or twelve other persons, arrived here in wagons in the summer of 1822, when not a cabin, nor habitation of any kind, existed within many miles of the place. Bears, deers, wolves and other animals of the forest were their first neighbors. Mr. Miller's father, with a number of others, started from near Louisville. Ky., early in the summer to found a home in the unexplored wilds of this portion of Indiana. Early in the spring of the same year Whitlock and Dunn, Receiver and Rpgister, of the land office, then located at Terre Haute, had had a surveyor to plat and lay off lands for a town. The surveyor's name was Crawford, and they named the town Crawfordsville in honor of their first surveyor. En route here Mr. Miller and his company, after a trip of live miles out from Indianapolis, were compelled to cut their way through the timber to form a road for the passage of their teams. Their progress in consequence was very slo*, and they were weeks in reaching this promised land. Arriving here all hands proceeded to at once fell trees and hew timber for a double cabin with a shed or roof between them. This cabin was erected at the extreme north end of what is now known as Water street, about six rods north of the ground occupied up to ten years ago by the Brown & Watkins flour mill. The cabin was located there on account of two or three gushing springs of pure cold water that were discovered near by, and always afterwards known as the Whitlock springs. One of the springs still bubbles forth water, but the others have "gone dry" some years since. Among those accompanying these first settlers of Crawfordsville was a negro known as "Black Ike." He worked industriously for the early settlers, and was a useful citizen. He was the first colored man to reside in the county, and resided here until his death about the year 1876. Mr. Miller relates many interesting incidents of the early settlement of Crawfordsville. At that early day Indians were numerous, and in their hunting and fishing tours frequently stopped in the village to trade with the white people. They were of the Shawnee aud Wea tribes, and their general camping ground was at Thorntown, where an Indian village had existed for many years before the advent of the pale faces. They had no village within the confines of Montgomery county, but had a camping ground, near Parkereburg. In the fall of '22, says Mr. Miller, the families of the RiBtines, Stitts, Powers, Rameys, and Els tons, moved into the settlement and built themselves cabins for occupancy many of the decendants of whom are business men in Crawfordsville to day The first settlers were from Ohio and Kentucky. Wild game was Dumeroue and deer, wild turkeys, and occasionally a bear was killed within what are now the corporate limits of Crawfordsville. While playing around a spring house, containing miUk and butter, one day, a number of the children, Mr. Mider among them, were horrified ty the appearance of a huge black bear at the door of trie house, its face smeared with milk and cream with which it had been partaking, .'here was a hasty ticriiuible. togol away at once among ilia children, and the information requently furnished diem that the black bear was around, wns sure 'to induce thenn to be at homo early. The first grist mill cstablirfheu in the village was erected on the 11 irth bank of Susjar creek, oast of the present Monon "till.'' Its owner's name was Burril Daniels. Previous to that people wanting flour, coru ratal, or "shorts" had to journey to Indianapolis or Terre. Haute. What a contrast in this one part cuiar bet*-oeo those em'y times and t.i-day. rh iuea of jnurnying from forty to fifty miles Mr the item of flour would seem to us to Lo a terrible job. The first store iiitabli'hfl bete was John and Samuel Smyi-., It was located about two hundred yards south of the Mooon depot. Beeswax, ginseng,

IHimmffiHmaSSSSS BBPORB

Foster's January Weather. Moon will be at her extreme north declination on the 5th, which fact is apt to prolong the warm conditions until about full moon on the 7th, about which time look for violent change to high barometer and cold. A reactionary storm period will center on the 9th to 12th, moon being on the celestial equator on her swing southward on the 12th. Look for a very sharp, cold wave to press close behind these reactionary storms, reaching even southern extremes.

The next regular storm period in central on the 15th. covering the 14th to 17th. Change to falling barometer, warmer and many reactionary storms will center on and touching the 21st and 22nd. These in turn will be followed by another general and seveoe change to colder. Watch about the 22nd to the 25th.

The last regular storm period for Januarary will bo central, in conjunction with a Mercury period, on the 26th. About Wednesday, the 2Gth to Sunday, the 30th, look for general and marked winter storms. There will be general rams, turning to snow and heavy sloet, with blizzards in many northern and western sectioned Winter will perhaps get his firmest, general grip on our continent about the close of this period.

The last half of February and the first halt of March will bring much severe tfnd unpropitioua Mather.

A Ladogaite Killed.

Ira Pritchet a fre .-i brakemari on the Midland, met a vk-ient death on the the railroad Frid .y morning between Carbon and Brazil. Hu was running over the cars when he made a misstep and fell between them to the track. Life was instantly (.'round out. Pritchett's home .was in Ladoga.—Brazil Times.

Treasurer Jonhson entered upon his new t»rm a?. eJU'uy treasurer last Saturday.

57TH YEAR.- NO 22.

You make your Holiday purchases don't fail to call and look through the beautiful line of

Silver ffovslties

pj-nf'an?HkMPi"V^a.tcbes' Chains, Charms, Pens and Holders, Kodaks (that are good), best Silver Plated Knives and Forks at $3 50 dozen.

M. C: KLINE.

Call and look through whether you wish to buy or not ^PA our priees, they are low.

and coon skins were frequent articles of trade brought into the settlement by the farmers, and in exchange they were given calicos, tobacco, coffee and other household necessities. Silks, satins and broad cloth were unknown in thatearly day. If the people were poor they were not proud, and probably lived more contented than the average business men of to-day. "Contentment is better than riches." The first court held was in the Miller cabin, and the first man arrested and tried by it was a man named Jack Jones. He had stolen some trivial article. His sentence was that he be whipped and ordered to- leave the country. He W»B taken to the valley between the hills in the northwest part of town forming a part of thd present Lafayette road. HP was whipped and soundly, too, and told to disappear at once, which he did. For years afterwards the locality was known as "Jack's Hollow." A higher system of integrity and honesty seemed to prevail at that time among the people and officials of those early years than exists now, and as an instance of this, Mr. Millers's father, with a four-horse team, would, about three timeB each year, during three years, haul from 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of ailver dollars from here to Louisville from there to be shipped Washington City, being the cash taken in by Major Whitlook as Receiver for lands sold for the government to the first settlers. The money was placed in kegs, and placed in the bed of a good stout wagon. The journey generally consumed a week or more, Miller stopping for the night along the road, and leaving the kegs with their precious contents in the wagon. Everyone in the neighborhood kuew of these journeys and yet Mr. Miller was never harmed while in this work. ln| this 'day and age how foolish and dangerous such a journey would be fraught with in fact the driver would be murdered and the treasure taken before he had advanced five miles on his route.

LOCAL.

A. B. Jones and wife spent the week in Port Wayne.

Grant Gould is quite sick from an attack of pneumonia.

Gas and water bills are now due, and

them

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aft6r tbOSe

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Harry Maxwell and' wife are conducting a very successful revival at First E. church.

The "Isle of Champagne," the best comic opera company now on the road, will appear at Music Hall tonight.

Reuben H. Morgan and Miss Hattie Kepler were married at the residence of Rev. W. H. Kerr on last Saturday night.

An interesting pioneer sketch furnished by Jacob Miller, the oldest resident of Crawfordsville, will be found In this issue of THE REVIEW.

Prof. Wellington, late school superintendent of this city, is circulation man* ger of a part of Chicago for one of tbfr large dally newspapers of that city.

Large crowds have nightly attended the protracted services or revival at the Methodist church this week. The singing of Harry Maxwell and wife is an agreeable feature of the meetings.

The Big Four has just posted ordens along its line, and at all junction points, by which on and after Jan. 1 all firemen, rear brakemen, yard foremen and switchmen will be required to have regulation watches, the same as the conductors and engineers. The order includes all men in the train service. Most of them will be compelled to get new watches.

Will Sweep the State.

T. T. Hutsou and wife, of Duluth, have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hutton. Mr. Hutson is a member ot the democratic State Central committee of Minnesota, and say* there is practically no doubt but that free silver will sweep that State in 1900.

Thousands Butfer from catarrh or cold in the head and have never tried the popular remedy. There is no longer any^ excuse, as a 10 cent trial size of Ely's Cream Balm can be had of your druggist or we will ma 1 it for 10 cents. Full sizo 50 cente. ELY BROS., 56 Warrren St., N. Y. City.

A friend advised me to try Ely's Cream Balm and after using it six weeks I believe myself cured of catarrhIt is a most valuable remedy—Joseph Stewart, 624 Grand avenue, Brooklyn. N. Y. -r-Ax

There are thirty.two cities in Austria with populations exceeding 20,000.

THE STATE

Building1 and Loan Association c-f Indianapolis, Indiana, does a safe business and has over !r!"Ck,i)00 onsets. We issue investment stock and have plenty of money to 01a. Set rs. L. A. Scott, Schultz llulett, or correspond with.

Dii. F. H. Hov v, Itti lian .jK'iis, Ind.

Daisy Viulet Flower if the name )f a Missouri applicant for u. /orce.

The CornerJewelry Store has the reputation Of doing noBo bi-1 the best work Mr. Rest, just last week, overhauled the time-lock* at both of the Ladoga banks Take your time piece Miere foi repairs if you want accurate time. tf

The assessment list in Massachusetts increased aiwut $80,000,000 last year.

The gold-tilled watches a? the corner Jewelry Store, range from £0 lo $126. C. L. Rost. -v

Speoial bargains in our 10cent depart ment at the 99 cent store.